I'm gonna try to gateway-drug myself into liking modern Pokemon with Omega Ruby

I do think OR/AS are the best games in the series, but some of that stems from personal bias toward gen 3 and the various online features that are no longer usable. And that isn't to say they're flawless, mind you. But they do a lot of neat things I like very much while still being faithful to the originals. If you liked Ruby, I think you'll like OR~